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Any idea what this could be?

it is about 10mm diameter green with small spikes


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hi is it a mushroom,or does it have skelton?
 
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I have no idea. It hitchhiked on the live rock but the tank is 18 months old now and only appeared in the last 2 weeks.
 

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if soft is cool mush,if has skeleton my guess is a maze coral or possible disk coral,no worries is def a coral and a nice one,touch it ,i'm courious if lps bone coral ,leaning to maze,nice score , :cool: happy reefing ,stay safe
 
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Ah right, cool!

it is in a really bad position hanging off the end of a small jut of rock with an overhang of rock above. How can I move it, it looks really delicate?
 

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don't, looks good rt where its at,and getting happier by the day !
 

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I'm thinking it might be fungia also.

Oral disk with small tentacles surrounding the oral disk. Op touch it, if it has a boney skeleton, probably fungia. If it's soft and squishy, probably mushroom, but I would bet 100$ it's a fungia(AKA plate coral).

Fungia are known to die, then all of a sudden spout out babies from the dead skeleton. Good hitchhiker either way, and a great freebie score!
 
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Yes, after looking at some google photos it does look like a fungia, pretty happy about that.

they look like they can grow pretty big and the rock it’s on is very little. If I tried to move it could I damage it?
 

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Yes, after looking at some google photos it does look like a fungia, pretty happy about that.

they look like they can grow pretty big and the rock it’s on is very little. If I tried to move it could I damage it?
Fungia can move on their own, so will probably be able to move if its not too happy where it is
 

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I would be willing to bet by the picture, it's attached to that rock, and moving it may damage it beyond repair.

If it doesn't like its current "home", it can move on it's own.
 

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